Industry News

Recent news stories in the adult nightclub industry.

Attention Florida strip clubs:

Promotion designed just for you!

The Strip Club Concert Promotion, courtesy of Concrete Marketing/StripJointsMusic's Bob Chiappardi and his partners, will once again be offering clubs FREE tickets to the Fort Rock Festival, which happens in Ft Lauderdale on April 28th and 29th. This year’s lineup includes OZZY, GODSMACK, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, BREAKING BENJAMIN, and 19 more amazing bands! Clubs will not only receive tickets to give away to their customers as a great in-house promotion (and a great way to have something to promote on social media), but they'll also receive a great pair of the tickets so they can enjoy the two-day festival themselves!

Here's how it works: The Fort Rock festival organizers are looking for clubs in Florida to promote giving away a pair of tickets weekly, starting March 9th and again each Friday up until April 27th. The concert is April 28th and 29th in Sunrise, Florida (Ft. Lauderdale area). This promotion includes a pair of VIP tickets for you and a pair for each of your club managers (2 pairs tickets at $325 a ticket, totaling at least $650). Total value of this promotion: $2,890.00-plus!

If you're a club in the Central Florida or South Florida area and are interested in taking part in this promotion, please contact Katherine Kulikowski at Concrete and check out the Fort Rock website for more information on all the great bands appearing!

(photos seen show examples of successful Concrete/Strip Club Concert festival promotions with adult nightclubs in 2017)

RCI Hospitality acquires Scarlett's Cabaret

HOUSTON—May 9, 2017—RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RICK), which also owns and operates the Rick's Cabaret club chain, has announced the $25.95 million acquisition of Scarlett’s Cabaret Miami, considered one of the best gentlemen’s clubs in the country.

The 25,000 square foot Scarlett’s is located between Fort Lauderdale and Miami in a high visibility location right off the Hallandale Beach exit of Interstate 95, the major north south highway through Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties.

“We’re excited about Scarlett’s Cabaret Miami joining our portfolio of high-quality clubs in key markets," says Eric Langan, RCI President and CEO. “It is a different kind of venue, combining a high-energy Miami/Las Vegas style nightclub that attracts both male and female customers for drinks, dining and dancing, with a high-end gentlemen’s club, featuring beautiful entertainers every night," Langan adds. "Scarlett’s also tends to attract a different clientele from our 74,000 square foot Tootsie’s Cabaret, which is five miles south, making the two clubs complementary to each other."

Double Dee’s Ranch & Saloon’s

Grand Opening celebration

Over a year after it was featured on the cover of the Club Bulletin, the massive 20,000-square-foot adult nightclub/restaurant complex Double Dee’s Ranch & Saloon enjoyed their Grand Opening on November 11th.

Is it a country & western bar with live entertainment and line dancing? Is it a five-star restaurant with three separate menus? Is it an upscale adult nightclub that boasts a state-of-the-art sound, lighting and visual experience?

Rubberdoll Rules at the EDI East

at Monroe’s of Palm Beach

June 10th, Clearwater, FL: The industry’s top feature entertainers from across North America came to South Florida last week to vie in the nation’s premier, invitation-only showgirl competition, the Exotic Dancer Invitational(EDI) East. Hosted by Monroe’s of Palm Beach in West Palm Beach, FL, the three-night event was held June 2-4 and showcased 20 contestants in three divisions—Newcomer, Showgirl and Champion. By the end of the event, three competitors shined the brightest: carnival act and alt-model Penny Poison was crowned Newcomer Division Winner; popular fire-tamer Miss Mena was honored as Showgirl winner, and Rubberdoll, the renowned fetish model, danced away with the Champion Division’s title.

EXOTIC DANCER INVITATIONAL EAST 2016

EXOTIC DANCER INVITATIONAL EAST 2016 TO BE HELD AT eD's 2015 "FEature" Club of the year, Monroe's of Palm Beach

Returning for its third straight year as the premier, invitational-only feature entertainer competition, ED Publications, producer of the EDI (EXOTIC DANCER Invitational), has announced that the EDI East 2016 will be held at Monroe's of Palm Beach in West Palm Beach, FL, June 2-4.

The EDI goes Mile High

EXOTIC DANCER Invitational West 2016 to be held at Platinum 84 in Denver, April 21-23

January 8th, Clearwater, FL: Returning for its third straight year as the premier, invitational-only feature entertainer competition, ED Publications, producer of the EDI (EXOTIC DANCER Invitational), has announced that the EDI West 2016 will be held at Platinum 84 in Denver, April 21-23. The EDI East 2016 will be held June 2-4 (location TBA).

Once again, the industry’s top feature entertainers will compete for top honors in three divisions, including the hottest “Newcomers,” the more established and successful “Showgirl” features, and the prestigious “Champion” Division, reserved exclusively for previous ED's Entertainer of the Year nominees/winners and past EDI Showgirl and Champion Division winners. For the winners of the EDI’s “Champion” Division, this honor also includes an automatic nomination for the prestigious ED’s Overall Entertainer of the Year Award and the opportunity to perform on stage at the Annual ED’s Awards Show during the 2016 Gentlemen’s Club EXPO in New Orleans (August 7-10 at the Hilton Riverside).

“We have found a very enthusiastic ‘partner’ club for the EDI West with Platinum 84, and we couldn't be more excited about bringing our contest to the Mile High city and a great venue,” says ED Publications’ Associate Publisher Dave Manack, founder and producer of the EDI contests. “Platinum 84’s Scott Richter and the staff at the club have already shown us that the EDI West will be a can’t-miss industry event. April can’t come soon enough!”

The 2015 and 2014 EDIs were full of perks and surprises, including special travel bags with the EDI logo loaded with free gifts for the competing entertainers, and guest judges including members of the popular rock band Steel Panther. Even more surprises are in store for 2016!

Feature entertainers! If you’re interested in being considered for the 2016 EDI contests, contact EDI Producer/ED Publications’ Associate Publisher Dave Manack at dave@edpublications or ED’s PR Manager Kristofer Kay at kris@edpublications.com, or call the ED office at (727) 726-3592. Much more information, including extensive coverage of the 2014 and 2015 EDI contests, titles that are offered, etc., can be found on www.theEDIs.com.

Carol Doda,

woman who popularized topless dancing, passes at 78

She and her silicone-enhanced 44DD breasts, known as the "Twin Peaks of San Francisco," made her performances at the Condor Club famous

Her entrance each night was about as "grand" as a performer could imagine: She was brought to the stage at the Condor Club in San Francisco from above, as she danced atop a white grand piano while it was lowered from the ceiling. While she was attractive and a talented singer, it was a wardrobe suggestion that would catapult her to international renown. Davey Rosenberg, the club’s publicist, purchased a “monokini” swimsuit by Rudi Gernreich (which, unlike today, meant that the breasts would be fully revealed), the avant-garde designer, and suggested, “Try this in the act.” That was June 19, 1964, and the reaction was overwhelming. Not only did it usher in the era of topless clubs, it turned Doda into an overnight celebrity.

Portland's strip club haunted house!

It's been called the first "strip club haunted house" in Portland, Oregon—one of the largest club markets in the U.S.—and the Spyce Gentlemen's Club is taking advantage of the Halloween holiday by spooking patrons with the "seven deadly strip club sins." Spyce DJ Dick Hennessy is the mastermind behind this ghoulish display, which is housed in the old-fashioned upstairs room in the Chinatown-area club.

Headquarters Celebrates 10th Anniversary Bash Thursday, October 8

Christy Mack Hosts Event in Historical First-Ever NYC Appearance!

NEW YORK (October 1, 2015) — Headquarters Gentlemen’s Club in New York City will be celebrating ten sexy years of being the city’s premiere hotspot for men, women, and couples Thursday, October 8. Adult entertainment icon Christy Mack will be hosting the event.

Funeral strippers?

Now we've heard it all!

Apparently, those wild and wacky Chinese folks do exactly that, at least in some rural areas of the country. According to recent reports, China's Ministry of Culture is trying to put a stop to this unusual practice.

In remembrance:

Rob Caprio

Club industry veteran owner and operator passes away at 55.

On January 1, 2015 the adult industry lost one of its finest. The news was received with shock and disbelief. “It isn’t possible” were words repeated across South Florida. Robert Caprio, 55, was a partner in the Booby Trap chain of night clubs and a very popular owner. Immediately upon the onset of the news the mourning began on the social media. Lisa Smith, house mom at the Booby Trap Doral posted the following, “Gone but never forgotten! Genuine truly defines you. How one man has positively touched so many people’s lives is unheard of these days. But you did it. A legend is what you are. RIP BT’s Pappa Bear. I love you!” Bo Yazdanfar. Bobby Trap Pompano’s manager, wrote, “Everyday that I worked for Rob was a scary experience; I swore that it was the day I was getting fired (lol). He demanded excellence and without compromise. He was all business on the floor. I’ll always be indebted to him for truly teaching me my trade in his own special way. ”